Ken Hiwatashi

1977 -
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    • Category
      Lacquerware
    • Born
      1977 -

    Style

    The art of makie can only be accomplished by training every day to improve one's skills.
    By improving my skills, I produce simple, sophisticated, and highly finished pieces with a profound atmosphere.
    I try to feel and perceive everything in nature, learn from the past, do careful work, and pursue the tradition of Japanese lacquer art to give shape to the home in my heart using urushi lacquer and makie techniques.

    Biography

    • 1977
      Born in Kawatsura, Yuzawa City, Akita Prefecture
    • 1997
      Studied under Eiji Nishizuka
    • 2000
      Graduated from the Wajima Urushi Art Technical Training Center, Department of Makie
    • 2018
      "The Present Form of Lacquer Art" Exhibition at Wako, Ginza
    • 2022
      "A Microcosm of Visions - Phosphorescence from 4 Contemporary Lacquer Artists -" Exhibition at Wako, Ginza
    • 2023
      "In the Genes, Taking Marvelous Meiji Craftsmanship Into the Future" Exhibition
    • Currently working at Mejiro Institute for Lacquer Arts and Cultural Properties (since 2002)
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